UPDATED: Carlucci wants key gas stations to have backup generators

2:18 PM,
Nov. 20, 2012

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Gas stations located in strategic areas of New York should have back-up electric generators on site to prevent region-wide gas shortages like the one that occured after Superstorm Sandy, state Sen. David Carlucci said this afternoon.

Carlucci, D-New City, last week introduced legislation that would require some gas stations, such as those near highways along evacuation routes, as well as certain wholesalers and terminal facilities to have backup power to prevent the long lines and anxiety residents encountered in the days and weeks after the storm.